Article safe



June 13, 1933. G. won-HE ARTICLE SAFE Filed Feb. 6,' 1951 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patenteddune 13,1933` y 1,913,738 l gstru-ES me 'i evsfvmrfwcirna,onnewvenir,gaat;"l`l y y l jARTicLEsArE il` l ppiicatitp inea' February 6,1931, y serial m5135532." ff

y* This inventionrelates to safes in general, cross; section ofjdoor adjoining `Walls `of -a andpfrticularlyito article receiving andthei't dwelling, showing thearrangementofjmy y preventing devices. y Q ldevice. c L x u `One oftheprime'objects oflthis invention l Referring to Figs.\1,2and` Baa door 10 is 5is to provide a receiving device into which illustrated having lower panel 11, to Vthe R5 articles "may `be placedfromwvithout,and rear orinnenace of which isxsecuredwsafe :front which sucharticles "maybe removed casing 12 provided with aninwardlyopen- `tmlyfrom withinr" y `ting closureor door 13. l The latter is pro- *Another object of Inyinvention is torpro- "vidediwithan externally operable latch or "m vide a device of this `lind which may be lock 14 of any desired construction andis 69` readily secured to existingdoorslof residences hingedtocasing 12 at 115. This closurecan or apartments, or which can be builtinto he opened onlytrom within door 10. wallswhennew dwellings are being erected. i u Formingeither an extension or: a sepa- Another objectof my inventionisito pro-"l rate part of thecasing isaportion 16 adapt- Q15 vide anarticle safeso arrangedthat the ar- `ed toprojeet Vthrough an opening cut into 65 lticle itself functions, notby its Weight, but panel 11to which latterlit is attached by `throughbits bulk as actuating means for op- `meansofianges or framesiclearly seen at 17 eratingthe locking means of `one of its cloin Figs. 4, 5, 6 iand 8. This portionl com- *sures `intended tobe inaccessible after th muni'cateslwith thelinteriorofcasing 12 and T20 article is placed into the safez" H :lisprovidedwwith anoutwardly opening clo- '70 y y The foregoing and still nrther` vobjects sure or door 18 hinged to frame17 i atf19."V will become more" fiilly apparentfrom the Closure or doori18 is providedwithan exfollowing description andthe accompanying ternally operablelocking device 2() (seelFig. lfdrawing, forming partof my `discloslirein `19h)whichwmay:loe of anyidesiredaconstruc- 1`25""0ne` of" themany A`12 o`s`sible` forms, but by'fno `tieni'hut in thefornrshownuconsists cfa-hand 75 VIYIQansintended toilimitjinyinventionto the knob `secured `to pin 21iat lone end,1w`hilethe V actual "showing," andgin {whichl 1 `other endoflthe pin terminatesinalatch22 jFig.'lillustratesfapatial diagrammatical yadapted"to'eligatqje aslot `provided inpeitenelevation of adoortowhich my` device isatsion A16.` ,Besides theeXterna-llly operablelocki y "i y "i f ifngrdevice 20Jthere isiprovidedvw-iththis clo- *1S-0 l 2 fis "-a partfial ciss: sectional view sure an internallyarrangwed locking arrangey"talenfonlinesfQL-QfofFigJlg` f l n'ient'clearly illustrated at Fig.` 6.2m 1 1d Fignl isai-partiallcross-sectionalView fltcolnprises upperandilowerdetents23 and `takenon linesfe-loVFig; f .24 slidably `mounted withinfguides 25and partially comprisingl directly actuated elements 26 Land y y 1o arr ngetrailingr or; follow-up elements 327 interconnientofthecasing;l`l "1 nectedby-means ofSpringSQS: HTleSeddtet 1fFig. "5` is an elevation *of "my device with elements or members are 1in? slidableenl'gageportion of its attaching Harige removed; ment with one another'` andthe trailing `mernbroken away, showing lthe "int 5"40 lFigiG isan enlarged detail Tcross'"sectienal hers 27 have their extremeendstaperedvasl" "V45 outer closure l* f1 "view", takenondinesd-GofFiglgshowing V1shownat29. i

lthefautomatic'lo'ckinglarangementifor the Rotatahly mounted upon pin `21 is fadisk i 1`oiitvvardly openingcflosr'e of *my device; :302 (see Figs; 61 and 7):with lwhich are 0pe"r` lFigW? 1s a" parti lside elevation of Athe atively connected detent actuating" levers31 95 .A and 32engagingthe near endsof detent mem" I F g; `8 1sfairfenlargedldetalfviewiof aclo- `hers 26: `Anotherconnecting*lever331issesuledetent; f i HHH-"f *cured 1at34'1to the fdisk. The `lever connecq1j`1`g519`1s a partial detail"sideffelevati'onof tionsBl andf'o'fk` disk() are' diagonally op- `theouter door locking arrangement, andf"` posite-one another `ffvndvvhen disk is'turned 0 Figi ioisfa aiagmmmaticarplan View 1in `in right han@ directieV (by lever eenhede- 100 tent members 26 are forced. out. This outward movement of lever connections and detents is indicated in broken lines in Fig. 6.

Secured also to outer door 18 is a double bearing 36, serving as guide for plunger 37, which latter extends from a horizontal article receiving platform 38: A coil spring 39 resting'upon the upper surface of guide bearing 36 keeps platform 38 normally in position shown in full line in Fig. 6. Plunger 37 is provided with a slotv 40y in which is operatively engaged actuating lever 41 pivoted at 42 and operatively connected at 43" with connecting arm or lever 33.

The moment platform 38 is depressed to its broken line position, the plunger engaging end of lever' 41. will'. be forced downwards while its other end 43 is forced upwards. This upward movement is transmitted through. connecting rod 33 to disk 30 which isturned' ink clockwise direction andl causes the movement of detent levers 31r and: 32 from one another. The movement of levers 31 and 32 forces detents 23 and 24 to assume their locking position, shown in broken lines. The moment platform 38 is released, all levers and the detents revert to their normal,y full line 'and' non-locking state'. It is obvious, however, that the outwardly operablela-tch 2O functions independently from the internal l'locking arrangement.

Froml Figs. 6 and 7 it will be evident, that attac-hed to door 18 are, what I term stationa'ry or relatively fixed article engaging members 44, 45 and 416. Member 44 is-truly fixed for the height of a quart milk bottle, while members 45 and 46 are pivoted and arranged at different vheights for variously sized bottles; Theirpivo'tal attachment is so arranged a's nottointerfere with the placing of containers upon'p'latform 38 when the members are not in use, as shown in full lines. Each -ofA thepivoted members is provided with a brace: or stop 47 adapted' to bear' against the inner door surface and serves as limiting means for the members when in use.

When any article, as for instance a bottle,

a box or any vother container is interposed ,between platform v38 and any one of the members 44., 45 and 46, so that a pressure is exerted' against thel platform, which is there- :by forced downwards, the-movement causes the' heretofore normally positioned locking l-arra-ngem'ent vto assume its broken line locking position. Atl such position detent trailing elements 27 are projected outwards and lbeyond the upper and lower ends of the door opening provided in fram-e 17. The door, yet open, as shown in broke-n lines at Fig. 4, would not close, were it not for the inclined or tapered end 29 of trailing elements 27 and the yield'able springsuspensions 28 holding the two detent' elements together. Due to the latter suspensions and the slanting edges of elements 27, the latter are temporarily depressed by the edges of frame 17 and, having passed them, revert to their locking position, as seen in Fig. 8. At that position it is impossible to open the outer door 18, unless forced. The moment, however, the bottle pressing against platform 38 is removedfrom within the casing, door 18 is made accessible again. fromv without.`

From Fig. 4 it will be observed that the casing or safe may be filled with three bottles before'the lastor fourth bottle is interposed between plat-form 38 and any one of the three engaging members 44, 45 or 46. In order to prevent damage or turning over of the bottles while in the safe and during opening and closing of the dwelling door, a cushioning arrangement of any convenient design indicated at 48 in Fig. 4 may be provided.v

Inf new dwellings my device may be secured within the walls as illustrated in Fig.

l'10, in which case't'he outer closure 49 is preferably placed next to the opening of the dwelling door and the inwardly opening closure 50 is arranged flush with the dividing wall.. However any other arrangement ofA the safe and its placement in the walls' may be resorted to.

lVh-ile I have shown specific constructions of my device, it is obvious that variations and improvements necessitated through its em-i ployment in different ways may be resorted to, and I therefore reserve for myself the right to make changes and improvements therein,l Without departing from the broad scope of my idea. l I claim z- 1. A m-ilk bottle safe,adapted to be associated with doors or walls of a building, comprisinginlv combination, a casing having a relatively small, sidewisely opening door and'V a relatively large, bottle removal door, both doors provided with externally operable closing devices, said casing adapted to receive a plurali-ty of milk bottles inserted through said small door and removable only through the ylarge door, cushioning means for preventing damage to or fall of they bottles provided Within the casing, automatic internal locking means provided-With said small door and compris-ingupper and lower lever 'actuated detents com-posed of directly-operated and spring induced snap trailing members, relatively ixed and yieldable bottle engaging means secured to the small door, the latter means. comprising a spring controlled bottle receiving platform, a lever connected therewith and with said locking means, said fixed engaging means `adapted to engage the top of aA milk bottle, said yieldable engaging means adapted to be depressed when a bottle is placed between its platform vand said fixed engaging means, thereby actuatingV said lever, the latter causing said locking means to assume its locking position, said spring induced snap trailing members of the detents adapted to facilitate their temporary yielding from and their reverting to their locking position when the small door is closed. 2. An article safe, adapted to be associated `with existing doors or walls of a building,

comprising in combination, an articles-re ceiving casing adapted to be attached Ito the inside of a door or wall, such door or wall provided with an opening, said casing having a small Y outwardly swinging closure,

, adapted to occupy the opening inthe door or Wall, and an inwardly swinging large clo-` sure, said small closure adapted to facilitate i the insertion of articles into the casing from without, said large closure adapted to facilitate the removal of articles from within, said small closure provided with a normally uncooked, automatlc locking mechanism, the

latter having means for facilitating the in-` sertion of a single article and means whereby said article may cock said mechanism to its operative position, so` that, when the closure is swung shut, said mechanism will lock the closure, said means for facilitating the insertion of an article and cooking said mechanism comprising a fixed and ayieldable platform mounted on the small closure, the former platform serving as fixed abutment for one end of the article, saidyieldable platform serving as abutment for the other article end, saidlatter platform controlling the cooking operation of said locking mechanism. y y

` In testimony whereof he herewith aixes his signature.

GUSTAV WOITHE. 

